Individual-drinking-cup holder.



O.' J. BAINUM.

INDIVIDUAL DRINKING CUP HOLDER. APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG.so.1911.

1,032,527. D Patented Ju1y16,1912.

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OSCI J. BA'INUM, OF PAXTON, IL'LTINOIS..

INDIVIDUALDRINKINGCUP HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, @SCI J. BAINUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paxton, county of' Ford, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Individual-Drinking-Cup Holders, of which the following is a speci- ,iicatioIL This invention relates toindividual drinking cup holders.

In factories, schools, and other places Where a number of persons have to use my object is to provide a simple, inexpen4 sive, li ht, durable, and stron@ holder hav lng a ase or body of new orm adapted especially for connection to the side of a may be used in other places, combined with springactuated holdmg varms or members arranged in a new manner and particularly adapted to embrace the side of a drinking cup of the collapsible type for tlie purpose of holding it,

'ready for instant and ready removal.

I wish itunderstood that the invention is susceptible of modifications and I lay claim to all changes coming Within the spirit and scope of` the invention.

' 'Preferred f orms of the invention are set .forth fully hereinafter and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'part of a school desk and seat showing the position in which the holder and cup ymay be conveniently placed; Fig. 2, a perspective of the holder; Fig. 3,- a perspective' of a collapsible cup which is specially adapted for use in connection with my invention; Figs. 4 .and 5 details of another form' of holder, and Fig. 6, a detail of the cup` of Fig. 3 'when opened ready for use.

The top of an ordinary' school desk is shownat 1 and the back of the preceding seat at 2.- y invention (Figs. 1 and 2) has a pref-4 erably wooden base fand a wooden back 4;, although the latter might be omitted, but

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 30, 1911.

' fastening may Patented July ie, 191e. serial No. e46,s`59. x

it is preferably employed so that if the cup or drinking vessel .is wet,`it will not come against the side lof the desk, but will abut the back 4. The base 3 and back 4 are connected. together in any preferred manner. The base 3, is provided wit-h one or more screw holes 5 through which any suitable be passed and engaged with the seat back 2.

Secured bylany suitable fastening 6 pass-` ing` therethrough into the base 3, is a double spring arm, preferably made from a single piece of fiat springy metal, of .general circu' lar shape, having the arms 7 and 8 provided with out-turned rounded ends 9 to facilitate the sidewise introduction of the drinking cup between them. Secured to the base Aat 10 is a retaining spring arm or a support 11 provided with a rounded outwardl Y turnedentl 12 which is so positioned that it will come approximately at the center of the end of the drinking cup.

The drinking cup `which is specially adapted for use in'connection with my invention is of the type shown in closed condition in Fig. 3 and in open position in Fig. 6, this cupl 13 being of metal and composed of collapsible or telescopic sect-ions.

`When the cup 13 is collapsed,.it can be slid in between the end 9 of the arms 7 and 8 in a sidewise direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, and, siniilarly, it canbe removed by pulling it from between the arms 7 and 8. Gn account of its general cylindrical construction, the arms 7 and 8 arevadapted to grasp the cup 13 when it is in the holder, as shown in Fig 1, firmly retaining it, but without interfering with its ready removal at any time. The 'retaining arm 11 bears'against the central part` of the cup 13 when the latter is in the holder, and prevents the cup from coming out from between the arms 7 and of this arm permits lthe cup to be readily slid into or removed from the holder.

With my invention, each pupil has his or her own drinking cup suitably lield in an inconspicuous yet convenient position at the side of the deskand the common drinking from va general cup or glass is obviated.

In'the modification shown in Figs.4 and 5. the base 3@ and back et are made from a single piece of sheet metal, preferably' a steel stamping and t-he base has an integral,

but not necessarily resilient, retaining arm' 11a. The double spring arm 7a is seated in 8 and the resiliency` a recessed part 8al of the baseiandsecured Aby a rivet 6a.'

In both forms,vthe parts 411,l 1.1 may beldispensed with as the double spring 7 7 but are preferably used will hold the cup,

outwardly and leaving the aisle.

I claim as new and desire 'to secure'by The back and base of the form shownl in lilfigis. 4 and 5 may be suitably japan-ename e Having thus described my invention, wI'hat ters Patent, is f 1. In an individual drinkingI cup holder, the combinationv Wit-h a base, and a back connected together, of a pair of spring actuated arms carried by said parts and adapted to embrace the drinking cup, and a sp/ring actuated retaining arm carriedby sai ,parts adapted to b'ear against the end of a drinking cup when the latter is'held be' Ween the arms aforesaid and which holds the cup against the back aforesaid.A

2. The hereindescribed individual drinking cup holder embodying a base and back con-v nected together and arranged substantially Aat right angles to each other, y a one-piece resilient Amember ot general circular, orrn having free springy parts adapted to embrace a drinking cup When placed between them Y and connected intermediate said springy parts to the aforesaid base, and a springy retaining arm secured to the base and having a free part positioned so that it will bear on the end of. a drinking cup held by the arms aforesaid. 3. In anindividual drinking cup holder', the combination with a flat base and iat back connected together and disposed substantially at right angles to each-"other, of spring actuated arms secured to lone of said parts -Which right angles toone of ,said parts and substantially parallel to the other of said parts, and adapted to grasp the sides of the cup.

In testimony whereof, I'hereunto aiiix my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses.

. OSCI J. BAINUM. Witnesses:

H. M. RUDOLPH, M. L. MoQursroN'.

are disposed substantially at g 

